In fact, it's his refusal to allow any of his neurotic characters to pity themselves much that makes " Flirting with Disaster " so funny.
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Allen's agents have been shopping the book fair to gauge interest in the definitive life story of the film director and actor best known for his neurotic characters.
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It's a thoroughly conventional comedy, distinguished not only by a delicious staging by Gloria Muzio, but also by the stilletto-sharp dialogue Dresser places at the disposal of his neurotic characters.
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"' Joyce Benignia Van Patten "'( born March 9, 1934 ) is an American stage, film, and television actress, best known for the wry, astringent, and neurotic characters she portrays.
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The various forms of neurotic character correspond to the equally many ways of suppressing such urges or tendencies that the human being in question considers to be dangerous or is ashamed of.
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The director and actor famed for playing neurotic characters said Tuesday that his star power is far greater outside the United States and that few up-and-coming American filmmakers want to emulate him.
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According to the authors, between one-quarter to one-third of all people are neurotic, while an additional one-quarter to one-third " have some neurotic character traits or some physiological weakness of ailment psychics in origin ."
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A few years later, in his paper on " The Neurotic Character " ( 1930 ), Alexander described'a type of neurosis in which . . . the patient's entire life consists of actions not adapted to reality but rather aimed at relieving unconscious tensions '.
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Though not finished as of this writing, Oursler's new work promises to be a departure from what his audience knows best : projections of hectoring, neurotic characters onto puppets and rag dolls; whining, talking heads and disembodied blinking eyeballs that simulate a psycho ward of sadly funny misfits.
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This film received mixed reviews in the U . S . : the anonymous reviewer in " The Devils " ( 1971 ), Russell's next film, but turned it down after script rewrites and deciding that she did not wish to play a third neurotic character in a row.
